Become a trained ELP (Death Doula), providing holistic care for those at the end-of-life transition — embodying your life’s purpose and the evolution of your own being.
Receive the training you’ll need to support clients and their families through the death and dying process now — while also laying the foundation to continue your training and become a Certified ELP & Death Doula anytime you choose.
FEATURED EVENT
FREE ONLINE Q&A on August 1, 2024 at 5:30pm Pacific — Discover how often-overlooked heroes support and serve those at their end-of-life transition and their families — and find out whether this meaningful path might be calling to you, too. Learn more and sign up for the July session!
You’ll also hear about our immersive End-of-Life Practitioner & Death Doula Training and Certification Program.
Our immersive End-of-Life Practitioner Death Doula Training Program includes three modules: Level I, Level II, and a Supervised Internship. (Students generally take 9-12 months to complete training and hours for certification).
Our in-depth ELP program encompasses every facet of the ELP’s role — exploring this work through a deep historical, ethical, mythological, psychological, religious/spiritual, and therapeutic lens, so you’ll understand every facet of this deeply meaningful work.
Our ELP Training program is designed for:
- Front-line nurses
- Social workers
- Clinicians
- Clinical leaders
- Educators
- Home and family caregivers
- Healing arts professionals
- Hospice and palliative care volunteers
- And all who are called to embrace life thru honoring death
Our
Comprehensive, Foundational Curriculum:
- Module I: End-of-Life Historical Perspectives
- Module II: Understanding Death thru Life Span and Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Western and Eastern Culture
- Module III: Religious/Spiritual Beliefs, Philosophies, and Attitudes
- Module IV: Mythologies of Death
- Module V: End-of-Life Infrastructure
- Module VI: Laws and Patient Rights
We make it easy to pay your tuition with our convenient payment options. In addition to a single payment option, we also offer a payment plan. You pay monthly and it’s easy to enroll. Choose the plan that works best for you below.
Because of our devoted donors and partners, we offer generous tuition assistance for qualified students. You can get all the details and apply for tuition assistance here.
*Please note that registration (and tuition assistance) ends on August 16, 2024 — so make sure to secure your spot today!
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Gina Vucci
Founder, SheMarkets Group
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Dan Vicario, M.D.
Medical & Integrative Oncologist
- Textbook. You’ll receive our BRAND NEW textbook, complete with learning objectives, lessons, assignments, practices, guides, and more.
- Interactive Online Classes.
Video Recordings of Class Sessions. After each class, video recordings will be available for you to stream anytime you need a refresher. - Audio Recordings of Class Sessions. After each class, audio recordings will be available for you to stream anytime you need a refresher.
- Class Session Presentation Slides. You’ll also receive the presentation slides after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
- Resources and Materials for Integration. You’ll receive articles,
- Online Community. You’ll have opportunities to interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level — as part of a vibrant community of end-of-life practitioners and death doulas.
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Meet Dr. Andrea Deerheart
Andrea Deerheart, PhD, is the founder of The HeartWay, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to embracing life through honoring death. Her pioneering work draws on her wisdom gathered over decades spent providing loving care and healing to those on the journey of conscious living and dying. Andrea’s primary work and teaching focus on issues related to aging, radiant well-being, cultural mythology, death and dying, and living a more compassionate life — as well as grief, loss, and mindful, compassionate care.
The author of the recording Yoga Nidra: Graceful Transitions, Andrea is also a 500hrRYT yoga instructor (the highest international standard for yoga teachers), a Certified Yoga Nidra Instructor, and a sought-after consultant, educator, writer, and poet.Â